Defense granted time in death-penalty trial Rogers, Arkansas BENTONVILLE -- Benton County Circuit Judge Robin Green agreed Monday to give attorneys for a man accused of killing his grandmother more time to review findings of his mental evaluation.March 31 2015

Baylor to 7th Sweet 16 in row after 73-44 win over Arkansas IowaBaylor coach Kim Mulkey never wants to become content with getting to the NCAA Sweet 16, or ever take it for granted. Led by the duo of Nina Davis and Niya Johnson, the Lady Bears are there for the seventh year in a row - and 10th overall in Mulkey's 15 seasons. Big 12 player of the year Davis scored 21 points, national assists leader Johnson had 12 more helpers to tie Baylor's career record and ...March 28 2015

Appointee tie to judge probe frets legislator ArkansasA business partner of nursing-home owner Michael Morton, who is under federal investigation, will succeed Morton on a state commission that grants permits to nursing homes and other health care facilities -- an appointment of concern to at least one state senator.March 18 2015

$1 million grant to start UAMS endowed chair ArkansasThe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received grants totaling $1.3 million from Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield to endow a chair in primary care and benefit dental and interprofessional education programs.February 27 2015

Dennis to get new attorney again ArkansasAn eight-time absconder charged with capital murder in a Little Rock killing will get a new attorney before his April trial, the third time a judge has granted a change in his counsel.February 19 2015

Same-sex couple jointly adopt in Northwest Arkansas ArkansasKNWA reports on a piece of family law history from Northwest Arkansas: the first same-sex couple granted a joint adoption in Arkansas. Unmarried couples may not jointly adopt — single-parent adoptions are the only possibility. But Jeff Shipley and Isaac Cody married in Arkansas during the week that same-sex marriages were allowed before the Arkansas Supreme Court stayed Judge Chris Piazza's ...February 18 2015

May 11 hearing set on Arkansas gay marriage appeal to federal appeals court ArkansasThe 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today granted a motion for an expedited hearing in a state appeal of a same-sex marriage ruling from South Dakota and to combine the case with pending appeals from Missouri and Arkansas. The arguments will be May 11 in Omaha, said Michael Gans, clerk of the appellate court in St. Louis. Gans said the three-judge panels that hear cases are assigned a year in ...February 17 2015

Mental evaluation ordered for boxer Jermain Taylor ArkansasChampion middleweight boxer Jermain Taylor, who is facing charges in two gun-related incidents, must undergo a mental evaluation, an Arkansas judge said Tuesday. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Leon Johnson granted a request from Taylor's attorneys that Taylor be moved to a state hospital for a full evaluation, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported (http://bit.ly/1JWSsSP ). Instead, the judge ...February 06 2015

Judges' group says some judges might grant same-sex licenses ArkansasShanté Wolfe, left and Tori Sisson embrace near the Montgomery County Courthouse, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, in Montgomery, Ala., where they plan to stay overnight to be married Monday morning. A federal judge has stayed her order overturning Alabama's gay marriage ban for two weeks.February 02 2015

Mike Huckabee's entry to 2016 campaign brings back Wayne Dumond Conway, Arkansas Mike Huckabee's entry into the 2016 presidential campaign has renewed some familiar themes from his 2008 run, including reminders of his record on granting executive clemency and his work in behalf of the release from prison of rapist Wayne Dumond, who went on to murder in Missouri, where he died in prison. Buzzfeed has obtained a tough ad Mitt Romney made but never aired in 2008 about Huckabee ...January 23 2015

Federal grant to NJ aims to improve health system ArkansasNew Jersey will receive up to $3 million in federal grants to improve health-care quality and lower costs, efforts that have yielded some states dramatic savings in emergency department care and fewer hospital admissions, federal health officials announced Tuesday.January 11 2015

Federal grant aims to improve health system ArkansasNew Jersey will receive up to $3 million in federal grants to improve health-care quality and lower costs, efforts that have yielded some states dramatic savings in emergency department care and fewer hospital admissions, federal health officials announced Tuesday.January 11 2015

Arkansas Awarded $60 Million Grant to Expand Pre-K ArkansasThe Department of Human Services’ Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education (DCCECE) will receive a significant grant to expand and improve the state pre-kindergarten program called Arkansas Better Chance (ABC).December 21 2014

EDP Plus Grant Helps Daycare Open in Converted Cave City Home Banks, arkansas CAVE CITY, Ark., Dec. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Christine Cunningham has a heart for children. Before opening her Lil' Cavemen Preschool and Daycare, Mrs. Cunningham and her husband fostered 73 children over a three-year period. "I started this business in my home," Mrs. Cunningham said. When business started slowing down, we had to either close or move [the business] to Cave City." She said that ...December 14 2014

Mental Tests Ordered For Fort Smith Man In Alleged Murder-Suicide Attempt Little Rock, Arkansas SEBASTIAN COUNTY (KFSM) – A Sebastian County judge ordered a mental evaluation earlier this week for the Fort Smith man accused of gunning down his father-in-law in a plot to kill his ex-wife. Circuit Judge James Cox on Tuesday granted a motion by the prosecution to have Michael Ray Underwood undergo a mental evaluation before […]December 10 2014

UAMS awarded $135k in grants to train teachers ArkansasLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Partners in Health Sciences Program has been awarded $135,000 in grants to give Arkansas teachers tools to teach health science topics.October 30 2014

UAMS awarded $135,000 in grants to train teachers ArkansasThe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Partners in Health Sciences Program has been awarded $135,000 in grants to give Arkansas teachers tools to teach health science topics.October 30 2014

Mennonite Company Granted Permanent Injunction Against Obamacare Abortion Pill Mandate North CarolinaPHILADELPHIA – A Mennonite manufacturing company headquartered in Pennsylvania has been granted a permanent injunction against what has been called the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare following its win in the U.S. Supreme Court. As previously reported, Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation, which has 950 employees at its Arkansas, Maryland, Utah, North Carolina and Pennsylvania locations ...October 16 2014